Ravel’s String Quartet in F is an early work often considered his first masterpiece. This passionate and beautiful quartet demonstrates Ravel’s brilliant juxtaposition of formality and sensuality, and his incredible use of tone color.
The French composer Paul de Wailly’s Aubade for flute, clarinet and oboe is a delightful miniature with a bubbling, Mendelssohnian opening.
Ravel: Quartet in F
Kathlyn Stevens & Stéphanie Caplette, violins; Patrick Horn, viola; and Daniel Parker, cello
Wailly: Aubade
Doris Dungan, flute; Gwendolyn Buttemer, oboe and E-Chen Hsu, clarinet
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